Garden Events

Explore a woodland garden while learning to identify a number of Piedmont native plants. We’ll also share resources for identifying and growing natives and for recognizing and controlling invasive exotic plants. Identifying and encouraging native plants in your garden or natural areas not only benefits wildlife, it also connects your garden to the surrounding natural community.

Explore a woodland garden while learning to identify a number of Piedmont native plants. We’ll also share resources for identifying and growing natives and for recognizing and controlling invasive exotic plants. Identifying and encouraging native plants in your garden or natural areas not only benefits wildlife, it also connects your garden to the surrounding natural community.

Learn how to develop a residential landscape that supports insects, birds, and other wildlife while also meeting the needs of the human inhabitants. Participants will see native plants in a garden setting and learn strategies for creating their own sustainable and maintainable plantings. Identifying and encouraging native plants in your garden or natural areas not only benefits wildlife, it also connects your garden to the surrounding natural community.

Learn how to develop a residential landscape that supports insects, birds, and other wildlife while also meeting the needs of the human inhabitants. Participants will see native plants in a garden setting and learn strategies for creating their own sustainable and maintainable plantings. Identifying and encouraging native plants in your garden or natural areas not only benefits wildlife, it also connects your garden to the surrounding natural community.

Fall Open Day Visitors are welcome at Swiftbrook Gardens, Sunday, October 4, from 3 to 6 p.m. There is no charge and registration is not required. We’ll celebrate the turning of the seasons and the fall-blooming natives in the Habitat Garden. Garden paths are uneven, so please dress for outdoors and wear comfortable walking shoes.